2003 North West Leicestershire District Council election

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Elections to North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 1 May 2003, [1] with the previous election having taken place in 1999 and with the next held in May 2007. The election took place across all 20 electoral wards and a total of 38 councillors were elected. The Labour Party retained control of the council for the fourth election in a row, albeit with a narrow majority of two seats.

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A map of North West Leicestershire coloured by victorious party at the 2003 District Council election. North West Leicestershire UK local election 2003 map.svg
A map of North West Leicestershire coloured by victorious party at the 2003 District Council election.
North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 20−1152.650.619,134
  Conservative 12+431.631.912,061
  Liberal Democrats 4+410.513.45,052
  Independent 2+15.34.11,559

Ward results

In wards that are represented by more than one councillor, electors were given more than one vote each, hence the voter turnout may not match the number of votes cast.

Appleby (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Edward Blunt57272.3
Labour Michael Dyer21927.7
Turnout 791
Ashby Castle (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Geoffrey Coxon50273.1
Labour Theresa Eynon18526.9
Turnout 687
Ashby Holywell (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roger David Bayliss39321.8
Labour Gordon Tacey35719.8
Conservative Graham Arthur Allman32317.9
Labour John Legrys32117.8
Liberal Democrats David John Price21411.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Douglas Thompson19710.9
Turnout 903
Ashby Ivanhoe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Paul Whetton72829.2
Labour Sean David Sheahan64926.0
Conservative David Geraint Jones55922.4
Conservative Yvo Henniker-Heaton55722.3
Turnout 1,247
Bardon (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ted Purver22761.7
Labour David Everitt14138.3
Turnout 368
Breedon (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicholas James Rushton57168.5
Liberal Democrats Martyn Lewis Hening14417.3
Labour Malcolm Harry Smith11814.2
Turnout 833
Castle Donington (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gerald Dalby89020.2
Labour Derek Henry Wintle78117.7
Conservative Tony Saffell74616.9
Conservative Neil Cox72216.3
Labour Patrick David Lynch66615.1
Labour Andrew Talliss60413.7
Turnout 2,205
Coalville (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Philip Holland50928.4
Independent Karen Suzanne Clarke47226.4
Labour Wilfred Wildgoose43024.0
Labour Barry Walter Hall38021.2
Turnout 896
Greenhill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Michael Barry Wyatt96422.4
Liberal Democrats James Collins79418.5
Liberal Democrats Julie Anne Roberts78018.2
Labour Adoline Uvenia Smith63514.8
Labour Clifford Adrian Stanley59113.7
Labour Joseph Harry Smith53212.4
Turnout 1,432
Hugglescote (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Anthony Hyde48137.5
Labour Steven John Peace46236.1
Liberal Democrats Barry George Horne33826.4
Turnout 641
Ibstock and Heather (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Felix Fenning67223.7
Labour Alison Helen Harrop65923.2
Labour Dai Male64822.8
Conservative Ian William Hewson43315.3
Conservative Karen Lavinia Hewson42415.0
Turnout 945
Kegworth and Whatton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Trevor Pendleton85237.7
Conservative Alison Smith67329.8
Labour James Harry Roberts37016.4
Labour Derek Keith Barham36316.1
Turnout 1,129
Measham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Lewis58242.5
Labour Edward John Palmer41730.5
Conservative Patrick Michael Byrne37027.0
Turnout 685
Moira (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patrick John Regan71939.0
Labour Mark Jonathan Chadbourn66836.3
Conservative Paul Dunkin Rushton45524.7
Turnout 921
Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Glynn John Davies31660.7
Independent Frederick Thomas Sharpe13125.1
Independent Leonard Michael Warwicker7414.2
Turnout 521
Ravenstone (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nigel Smith52256.0
Labour Helen Mary Abbott41044.0
Turnout 932
Snibston (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Geary52128.3
Labour Frank Straw47725.9
Conservative Peter Garth Lacey46925.5
Independent Richard Stanley Kowalski37320.3
Turnout 920
Thringstone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Roderick Adrian Evans55224.8
Labour Pam Clayfield52723.7
Liberal Democrats Colin Pickering51723.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Lesley Pickering44820.2
Conservative Sudesh Mattu1798.1
Turnout 1,112
Valley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David John Stevenson83435.1
Conservative Barry Webster78833.2
Labour Terence Green40116.9
Labour Jonathan Kirk Abbott35114.8
Turnout 1,187
Whitwick (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Derek Howe88631.0
Labour Ray Woodward71525.0
Liberal Democrats David James Wyatt65623.0
Labour Steve Preston60021.0
Turnout 953

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